All Obituaries

  Mr. Allen Wayne Pridgen 75, of Tifton, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. in Oak Ridge Cemetery with Rev. Keith Norris officiating.  Pallbearers will be the Deacons of Eastside Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be The Tifton Police Force. Mr. Pridgen was born July 3, 1944 in Coffee County to the late Lonnie Pridgen and Bertie Fussell Pridgen. In addition to his...

  Mrs. Elwanda “Wanda” Henderson Keen, 91, of Tifton, went to her Heavenly Home on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Eastside Baptist Church with her pastor, Rev. Keith Norris officiating. Burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery with Landon Alberson, Hospice Chaplain officiating. The family will receive friends Friday, March 13th from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Albritton Funeral Directors. Pallbearers are her...

  Mr. William “Willie” Nathan Scarbor, 93, of Omega, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 13, 2020 in Omega Baptist Church with Rev. Allen Mullis officiating. A Eulogy will be given by Chad Scarbor and Rebecca Kincaid. The interment will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 12th from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Joey Scarbor, Chad Scarbor, Brad...

  Mrs. Winnie Ruth Williams Sheppard, 81, of Tifton passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020, at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Chuck Sheppard and Rev. Jim Duggan officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Mrs. Sheppard’s grandsons will serve as...

  Mrs. Dorothy “Dean”  Rudean Fussell Copeland, 77, of Brookfield passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020, at her residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Pastor Conway Harris officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 1:00 to 1:45 P.M. at the funeral home before the service. Jason Guess, Johnny White, Jerry Camp, Tim Jerry,...

  Mrs. Marthalyn Abbott Carr, 87, of Tifton passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Michael Marchant officiating. A private family interment will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Mrs. Carr’s family will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Carr was born...

Mr. Johnnie Lamar Parker, 75 passed away on February 27, 2020 at his residence in VFW Veterans Village in Fort McCoy, Florida. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Pine Park Cemetery in Grady County, Pine Park, Georgia with Rev. Gerald Horne officiating. Johnnie was born in Cairo, Georgia on December 25, 1944 to Jack Walter Parker, Sr. and Julia Mae Carter Parker, both of whom preceded in him death. Johnnie graduated from Central High School in...

  Mr. Julian David Cannon, 95, of Tifton passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. in Oak Ridge Cemetery with Rev. Keith Norris officiating. No formal visitation will be held. Mr. Cannon was born May 26, 1924 in Treutlen County, Georgia to the late John David Cannon and Annie Mae Giddings Hall. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter Julie Cannon...

  Mrs. Elizabeth Ann McCurdy Jackson, 80, passed away on Monday, February 24, 2020 at Tifton Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Waterloo Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Pangle and Rev. Glenn Ford officiating. Interment will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Casey Joyner, Randy Bryan, Ronnie McCurdy, Phil...

  Mr. Milton Clarence “Tubby” Hawkins, 94, of Omega passed away on Monday, February 24, 2020 at his home. Funeral services will be held 12:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Bethel Baptist Church in Omega with Dr. Howard Burke and Rev. Andy Ring officiating. Interment will follow in Omega City Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. before the service at the church. Eddie Dunn, Jamie Dillard, Dustin Hawkins, Carey Hawkins,...